Tony vs Chandler is an intruguing fight

[LoveSherdogThisTime]

I consider Michael Chandler to be the most exciting fighter in the division. He is the only guy I want to see fighting everyone in the top rankings and it's not only because he's exciting to watch. I genuinely don't know how the fight would progress if he were to fight Islam, Poirier, Dariush, Conor and last of all, the 37 years old Tony.

Say Conor or Poirier were to fight Islam, many people on this site would predict Islam would dominate either one. Now, if you replace either one with Chandler, now you have a 50/50 fight. I'm not saying Chandler is a better wrestler than Islam but I know Chandler's raw strength will pose a big challenge for Islam. Also, don't forget Chandler's knockout power.

Now, on to my point. I'm aware that Tony is at the tail end of his career but I think this is still a 50/50 fight especially if it is a 5 round fight. Chandler is quite possibly the most explosive and hardest hitting fighter in the lightweight division. But, Tony can still put on relentless pressure for the entire fight with his superior cardio while eating shots with his granite chin. This fight is 50/50

 

[Klaavical]

Tony vs Conor would be more intriguing.

 

[Percwalker]

Tony by d'arce bet the house

 

[rjmbrd]

Tony looks his age and had a gruesome knee injury. This was an interesting fight about 3-4 years ago.

It is stupid and dangerous for Tony Ferguson to book with a top 10 ranked opponent next.

 

[Arnold Schwarzenword]

After Justin, Tony’s chin is and will never be the same.

 

[Jose Beehive]

Easy to shit on Tony, despite no-one properly finishing him since 2009.

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Chandler walks though him ridiculously easily. He is the last person I want to fight Tony. Tony has enough brain damage already, don't give him the hardest puncher at 155.

 

[JustOnce]

Tony can win in 5 rounder.

 

[Luthien]

At this point just getting Tony in the cage is intriguing enough

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Tony can win in 5 rounder.

 

[Boomersbeware]

Tony would've tapped out khabib ez.

 

[Jose Beehive]

Tony would've tapped out khabib ez.

Nobody believes this.. He survived this, nothing is "ez" when it comes to finishing Tony.

 

[Queenofchaos]

Prime Tony would destroy current top 10

 

[TriangleMonkey]

I’ll watch the shit outta that fight

Idk who wins but there will be blood

 

[chiefwiggum]

Tony looks his age and had a gruesome knee injury. This was an interesting fight about 3-4 years ago.

It is stupid and dangerous for Tony Ferguson to book with a top 10 ranked opponent next.

ao he can’t hang with chandler but can with the champ?

people have a goldfish memory. Tony lost to the champ. And dariush who people think should fight for a title Neither guy could finish him. Was hurt with an awesome arm at and heel hook. Couldn’t finish him and hung in to the end.
chandler isn’t doing either of those things. And
Charles is finishing everybody.
This is a great fight between to exciting fighters. Tony is one of the best book him with the best even if you want to give someone else a push.

why the hell would you want to see him fight a guy outside the top 10. He’s earned top guys

 

[theaustrianoak]

i think it's a great match up. Tony has the chin and the gas to weather the early storm and put it on Chandler from round 2 onwards

but rankings wise, it doesn't really make sense

 

[Titan1980]

I'm interested about any potential matchup that I feel Fery Ferg will get separated from his conciousness. Feed him to everyone. No easy fights until he gets his walking papers and we never have to hear about him ever again.

 

[jk7707]

It's only an intriguing fight if it's 5 rounds. Otherwise Chandler wrecks him.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Tony looks his age and had a gruesome knee injury. This was an interesting fight about 3-4 years ago.

It is stupid and dangerous for Tony Ferguson to book with a top 10 ranked opponent next.

It's so weird how some guys like Kattar, or Fig will be considered "shot" after one loss, but someone like Ferguson who is 37 (almost 38) coming off multiple bad losses, and very obviously looked super diminished in all of them can still have interesting fights with top 10 guys.

 

[Aurelian]

I'm still interested in a potential fight with Hooker and Tony. Chandler vs Tony just seems wrong.